Scare At Whangaroa
Australian FisHermen Mfesing' A mild stir was created in Whangaroa on Tuesday evening, when a. i launch-load of Australian visitors, who had gone out deep-sea fishing, failed i to return at a reasonably late hour. ! Acting on a rule of the Deep Sea Fishing Club, which is that if any launch party does not return by 10 p.m., a search is instituted, Mr Allen ! Sanderson set out in search of the ! missing men. i It was found that the visitors’ launch | while on the return trip had developjed engine trouble, causing them to I anchor out near the Heads, j Mr Sanderson towed them into i Whangaroa at a late hour, i While disembarking at the hotel J wharf, one elderly member cf tbe l party slipped and fell overboard. Forj tunately he managed to grasp a rope. I which greatly assisted in his rescue, i
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Northern Advocate, 27 March 1937, Page 15
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